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My Week: David Norris

Two weeks ago I was left like a pelican in the wilderness, as the good book says. On Monday, Miriam the Keeper of the Diary, diplomatic advisor, computer consultant and handler of emails, departed to the Continent for a week's R&R. Midweek, the support of my life - me fella - had to be left to the airport to fly to the Middle East to look after his ailing papa.

Not even being written in the stony pages of my great diary guarantees attendance - as illustrated by the no-show of an interviewee for my radio show (a well-known politician and friend; name withheld to avoid embarrassment to family and friends). My afternoon guest did turn up: Sean Dublin Bay Christian Democratic Rockall Loftus, and I interviewed him for my Sunday-morning programme on Newstalk. Full of vim at 80, Sean was a splendid guest, still pursuing the interests of Dublin Bay